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Do the Horse Latitudes lie along the subtropical jet stream?
yes
What are the winds that flow from the horse latitudes toward the polar areas called?
The winds are called Westerlies.
What are the winds like at the doldrums?
In the doldrums, there is no wind. The doldrums ( sea-wise) are calm areas without tropical storms or significant weather systems.
What is Another name for the area of equatorial low?
Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
What is the low pressure wind belt located in the equatorial regions called?
Doldrums doldrums
The equatorial doldrums are located at what latitude?
The doldrums are at the equator. They are just like the horse latitudes; they're a calm region.
Which global wind is indicated here doldrums horse latitudes prevailing westerlies polar easterlies?
Horse latitudes
What is the name of the area of ocean near the Equator with calm and variable winds?
The Doldrums. The Horse Latitudes are further north..
How do you label global winds on the earth?
From the direction they come from
What areas have winds that are weak?
There the horse latitudes and the Doldrums. The doldrums are at 0 degrees latitude (equator), where the air rises instead of having a horizontal movement (wind). The horse latitudes are at about 30 degrees N and 30 degrees S of the equator. The horse latitudes are areas where the air falls, causing very low horizontal movement, also.
The area of calm at the equator is called?
The Doldrums are from the equator to about 10o north and south of it. The Doldrums should not be confused with the Horse Latitudes which are about 30o north and south of the equator.
Regions on the equator where surface winds are very calm are called what?
This area is called the Doldrums. Horse Latitudes are farther north.
What causes winds to blow?
Well, it has to do with high pressure, low pressure, horse latitudes and doldrums.
Would a sailor rather sail through the global wind belts or the doldrums and horse latitudes?
In the days of sail, they would obviously want to be in the wind.
What is the name of the winds between the poles and the equator?
I believe it's Doldrums, Trade Winds, Horse Latitudes, and West Easterlies
What is the difference between doldrums and horse and latitudes?
Doldrums are the imaginary regions extending up to 15 Deg Northward and 10 Deg Southward from the Equator. The Equator is 0 Deg Latitude. Hence the Doldrum region is commonly referred to as the region between 15 Deg North & 10 Deg South Latitudes. Doldrums are regions of Low Pressure, as they are more close to the Equator, where the Sun's vertical rays fall directly. Hence the air envelope around the Equator gets heated and rises vertically upwards (air current), there by creating a Low pressure region around the Equator, extending up to the Doldrums.Horse Latitudes are imaginary regions on 30 Deg North & 30 Deg South Latitudes. These are regions of High Pressures, and hence also called Sub-Tropical High Pressure Belts. It got the name "Horse" latitudes because, the sailors in ancient times (when boats were of the Mast-type, which gets carried along the wind direction) emptied the Horses they were carrying on board to the sea, so as to reduce the weight of the vessel and to keep it afloat )along the direction of the Trade winds). The winds blowing in the region between the Horse latitude & the Doldrum is called Trade Winds.
Does warm air sink at the horse latitudes?
Hot air on the equator divides equally and flows up to 30 Deg. North and South before it sinks in the region called horse latitudes.
